{"id":149,"date":"2012-03-29T19:47:49","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T19:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www5.milwaukee.k12.wi.us\/school\/thurstonwoodscampus\/?page_id=149"},"modified":"2025-12-15T21:12:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T21:12:02","slug":"whatsforlunch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/thurstonwoods\/whats-going-on\/whatsforlunch\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s For Lunch?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mpsmke.com\/menus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to view the lunch menu.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Department of Nutrition Services<\/strong>\u00a0supports academic achievement by providing students with high quality, nutritious meals, with an emphasis on exceptional customer service and financial responsibility.<\/p>\n<h2>Programs we offer<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Breakfast in the Cafeteria<\/li>\n<li>Breakfast in the Classroom<\/li>\n<li>Lunch<\/li>\n<li>Dinner<\/li>\n<li>Head Start Meals<\/li>\n<li>After-School Snacks<\/li>\n<li>Summer Meals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Community Impact<\/h2>\n<p>During the 2016-17 school year, the department\u00a0served a total of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>9.8 million lunches<\/li>\n<li>6.6 million breakfasts<\/li>\n<li>0.6 million dinners<\/li>\n<li>0.5 after-school snacks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/mps.milwaukee.k12.wi.us\/en\/Families\/Family-Services\/School-Nutrition\/Students-enjoy-free-healthy-meals.htm\">Students enjoy free, healthy meals<\/a><\/h2>\n<p class=\"teaser\">All students eat for FREE in Milwaukee Public Schools, thanks to the community eligibility provision!\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mps.milwaukee.k12.wi.us\/en\/Families\/Family-Services\/School-Nutrition\/Students-enjoy-free-healthy-meals.htm\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/mps.milwaukee.k12.wi.us\/en\/Families\/Family-Services\/School-Nutrition\/Locally-sourced-food.htm\">Locally sourced food<\/a><\/h2>\n<p class=\"teaser\">Milwaukee Public Schools provides our students with healthy, local, and fresh food. We strive to teach our students a way of eating that promotes well-being for the individual, community, and the earth.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mps.milwaukee.k12.wi.us\/en\/Families\/Family-Services\/School-Nutrition\/Locally-sourced-food.htm\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/mps.milwaukee.k12.wi.us\/en\/Families\/Family-Services\/School-Nutrition\/Get-involved.htm\">Get involved<\/a><\/h2>\n<p class=\"teaser\">Parents, grandparents and guardians are welcome to participate in school-meal programs by joining children at breakfast and\/or lunch. <a href=\"http:\/\/mps.milwaukee.k12.wi.us\/en\/Families\/Family-Services\/School-Nutrition\/Get-involved.htm\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to view the lunch menu. The Department of Nutrition Services\u00a0supports academic achievement by providing students with high quality, nutritious meals, with an emphasis on exceptional customer service and financial responsibility. Programs we offer Breakfast in the Cafeteria Breakfast in the Classroom Lunch Dinner Head Start Meals After-School Snacks Summer Meals Community Impact During [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":147,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-149","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/thurstonwoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/thurstonwoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/thurstonwoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/thurstonwoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/thurstonwoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/thurstonwoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/149\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/thurstonwoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/thurstonwoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}